HISTORY
1919, September 12: Ted Grant is born.1942, January: Ted Grant (23) begins adventuring as Wildcat.1953, June: Ted Grant (34) begins training Bruce Wayne (14) in combat.1957, January: Ted Grant (38) has his last professional boxing fight with amateur Cassius Clay. Grant defeats Clay, despite the fact that his opponent is 12 years younger. After the match Icicle attempts to rob the box office but is defeated by the Flash.1958, December: Dinah Lance (17) begins training at the Wildcat Gym to survive the tough streets of Gotham. Seeing her potential, Ted Grant (39) takes to Dinah's personal training.1964, January: After spending five years with Stan, Selina Kyle (17) returns to Gotham's streets to make it on her own. One night while she was sleeping, a trio of drunken frat boys attempt to rape Selina. The fight is broken up by Ted Grant (45) who gives Selina a job mopping floors at the Wildcat Gym and a sleeping cot in the back room.1971, February 5: Veronica Sinclair opens MetaBrawl. Desperate to earn money and keep his gym open, Ted Grant (52) comes out of retirement as Wildcat and becomes Champion of MetaBrawl.
After discovering MetaBrawl, Black Canary breaks up the underground fighting ring to save her mentor from slavery.

HISTORY
1920: James Jacob "Jim" Harper is born.1936: Jim Harper begins training under Joe Morgan, who hopes to turn Jim into the next boxing legend.1941: After witnessing him childhood friend Leo being killed in a gang drive-by, Jim decides to become a police officer.1942, April: Realizing no one respected police officers in Suicide Slum, Jim Harper begins wearing a costume and fighting crime as Guardian.1943, January: Guardian joins the JSA.1951, October: The JSA disband. Jim Harper retires from costumed crime fighting; focusing on his police duties.1953: Jim Harper trains Bruce Wayne in police procedures. 1970, October: Jim Harper is hired by Project: Cadmus to serve as its head of security.1978: After discovering Project: Cadmus had been illegally cloning superheroes for the purpose of replacing and controlling said heroes, Jim Harper retires.

COMPLICATIONS
Misdirection: Hugo is all about diverting the attention of others away from his real objective. While they focus on his high-flying antics, the minions of the Buzzard carry out the real crime.Motivation: Greed.

COMPLICATIONS
Motivation: To be human.Power Loss: Red Inferno cannot generate fire in environments without oxygen.Relationship: Red Inferno is the creation of T.O.Morrow. As Danette Reilly, Firebrand was the lover of Shining Knight (Lady Justine). Secret: No one was ever aware that Danette was an android created by T.O.Morrow.

HISTORY
Early 1800s: Richard Swift is born in London, England.
??: Simon Culp attempts to sacrifice Richard Swift to the goddess Scathach. The ritual is performed improperly, granting Swift immortality.??: Richard Swift leaves England, exploring the world and occasionally working as a hired assassin.1942, September: A bored Richard Swift begins committing crimes as The Shade.1967, September: The Justice League exposes Lex Luthor's illegal activities, when Lex (62) attempts to kill Superman with Kryptonite. Luthor is sent to prison, leaving LexCorp in the hands of Mercy Graves.
Lex Luthor secretly hires Cheetah, Copperhead, Shade, Solomon Grundy, Star Sapphire and Ultra-Humanite to assassinate the Justice League.1973, September: The Shades joins Gorilla Grodd's new Legion of Doom.